1,581 cases today, and 20 deaths.
This new record was preventable. My condolences to the 20 families that are now mourning. These numbers are more than just statistics, they represent people. People's grandmothers, fathers, friends and more.
This new record was preventable. My condolences to the 20 families that are now mourning. These numbers are more than just statistics, they represent people. People's grandmothers, fathers, friends and more.
Ford's response to the pandemic is not working. These numbers say loud and clear that it's time for him to put his own agenda aside, and start listening to experts and communities.
So far, it seems everyone else is to blame but Mr. Ford himself. He's pointed fingers at public health workers and teachers, while underfunding them. He's blamed individual behaviour and 'yahoos' for the spread. It's time to look at his own record.
He ignored warnings about the danger of underfunding public health, and went ahead with cuts. He ignored parents, education workers, and students by forging ahead with his dangerous under-funded school reopening.
He has told renters threatened with evictions, small businesses that can't make rent, and long-term care residents asking for protection: you're on your own.
And while he blames individuals for the spread of the virus, telling us to 'just buckle down', he is ignoring what his role as a leader is. He's asked everyone to just follow guidelines so muddled he can't describe them when asked.
He's wagging a finger at people who break the rules, rules he doesn't apply to himself. He's been caught doing what he's asked the rest of us not to; going to the cottage, Mother's day celebrations with multiple households, and weddings without wearing masks.
But there are solutions here. And I urge Mr. Ford to start using them. Modifying the tier system yesterday after pressure was a start. But right now he's sitting on over $9 Billion in unused relief funds.
While we've been proposing solutions; ways to support renters, our small business support plan, calling for paid sick days so people can stay home without missing their bills... He's ignored them all to favour the interests of big business.
I'm going to continue to push for the solutions Ontario needs. Including support for businesses so that they can afford to close when necessary, paid sick days for all, keeping schools open with a cap size of 15 students, and more.
The longer the Premier delays action, the longer we face the consequences.
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